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Every so often, a group of people will get a photo idea and jump
on a ride called Splash Mountain. Remember Splash
Mountain, the popular log-flume attraction at Disneyland and
other Disney parks?

How about a game of Monopoly just before you drop over a cliff
and into the water with a big splash? Is there a better time to
read a newspaper? Or shave? Or offer a marriage proposal to your
loved one?

These staged events have been captured on the ride’s camera near
the end of the trip. If you are in the photo, apparently the ride’s
staff is willing to sell you the picture. Some people, as we can
see here, have gone to some lengths to get a funny picture.

It appears the identity of these people is lost, and I’m not
sure how these photos were collected. But these same pictures can
be found on many websites with a few variations. One site is
Imgur. A few
additional photos are added in
Heavy, with slight changes in
Twisted Sifter.

Even for those who don’t wish to take a crazy photo, Splash
Mountain remains popular at Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland and Disney
World’s Magic Kingdom. The ride has an interesting history, because
many of the characters are from the 1946 Disney movie “Song of the
South.” The Audio-Animatronics figures originally were pulled from
a ride called American Sings, which came closer to the movie but
was not attracting much of a crowd. That ride was shut down and
dismembered to help hold down the cost of Splash Mountain, which
was over budget during construction in 1988.

That’s how Br’er Rabbit, Br’er Fox and Br’er Bear became part of
the Splash Mountain experience. By the way, “Song of the South,”
which is based on Uncle Remus stories, has never been fully
released on home video, apparently because of racial sensitivities,
according to Wikipedia.